The Englewood Health Department is a dedicated team of professionals with a simple goal, to provide Public Health services with the community. Monitor health status and understand health issues facing the community. Protect people from health problems and health hazards. Give people information they need to make healthy choices. Engage the community to identify and solve health problems. Develop public health policies and plans. Enforce public health laws and regulations. Help people receive health services. Maintain a competent public health workforce. Evaluate and improve programs and interventions. Contribute to and apply the evidence base of public health.

Summary of Internship

Being an intern at the Englewood Health Department gave me the unique opportunity to see the various aspects of what being a Public Health educator really means. While within the comforting and welcoming environment of the Public Health Department, some of the tasks were very tedious such as editing letterheads and reading various public health documents; doing multiple PowerPoint’s and Word documents. Read and review local newspaper articles and journals that are pertinent to the adolescent population of Englewood. Browse web-sites to keep abreast of new adolescent health issues or topics. Help conduct street or school health education outreach. Attend conferences, workshops, and trainings with the Youth Health Educator (YHE).Perform other related duties and responsibilities as required to accomplish the objectives of the position or as assigned by the Youth Health Education (YHE). My attendance, participation, and contributions were always desired and I was able to get an unbelievable education experience. I was taught valuable lessons that will benefit me in the future, for which I will be forever thankful.